Title: One Last Chance

Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Captain Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper, The Doctor (Eleven), Amy Pond, OC, Mentions Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato

Warnings: Angsty mainly but should result in fluff.

Summary: Jack is trying to recover from the loss of Ianto Jones but there is still one more chance to bring him back. CoE Fixit Fic

Author Notes: I've had this idea since I first saw CoE, thought it was about time I wrote it.

Disclaimer: If I owned Torchwood Ianto never would've died and this fic wouldn't exist, but I don't so it does ;D

Chapter 1

He was gone. He was gone and there was no way to take it back. Jack hung his head, too tired to cry anymore. All he had left were memories. That's all he'd ever have. Memories of Ianto's eyes, the way they lit up when he was happy. Lips, the way they'd curve into that perfect smile and the taste of them against his. Suits…he'd never be able to look at another suit again. Coffee…he'd lost the taste for it.

He was all alone. He had to leave Earth behind. The memories were too strong there, not that he could escape them. When he looked at the stars he thought of all the times he'd wanted to show Ianto the universe. Every thought was second guessed by what Ianto would think. Every sentence was rethought by what Ianto would say.

The loneliness was getting to him but no one was going to fix that. The only person who could was gone now. He was left to pick up the pieces, always left to pick up the pieces. Only this time, he didn't want to. This time he wanted to cry, he wanted to forget, but how could he forget the man he held so close, the man he refused to admit he loved because that would only make this that much more painful?

So yeah, he ran. He left Gwen to pick up the pieces. It was her turn. She had people around her to support her but him…the only person who could really comfort him was gone now. If he was to stay, that thought alone would break him down time and time again and he simply couldn't handle that sort of pain. The pain he was left walking around with was too much to bear as it was.

Jack found himself sitting alone on a distant planet, trying to figure out what he was supposed to do now. His life had started out being the Time Agency. Then it was Torchwood, keeping people safe but now…now Ianto was gone and he knew that if he couldn't save Ianto, he couldn't save a planet.

He knew this wasn't fair for Ianto. He had brought Owen back, alright it was an accident but he did it! There had to be a way to get him back. He just couldn't think of any. The answer was there, in his mind, he knew it was but he couldn't think of it and it was maddening.

People, although he uses the word loosely to describe the blue skinned aliens on this planet, walked passed him, oblivious to the pain he was in. He pulled out his phone, flipped it open, looked at it for a moment and then closed it. A flicker of hope came to him when he thought of the Doctor, of calling him and getting him to help bring Ianto back, but he knew he wouldn't. That was the biggest thing the Doctor could ever be against.

It hurt to know that he was always going to be denied that one thing he wanted, that one thing that would make everything better and soothe that ache inside him. Wasn't he entitled to this? After every last time he and Ianto had saved the world from the brink of destruction, saved lies, wasn't he entitled to save this one?

He let out a heavy breath, trying to compose his thoughts and walked. He walked until the suns were long since set, trying to figure out how he could bring his Welshman back. He thought of the Doctor, of all the crazy ideas and things that man had at his disposal. He probably had every bit of technology in the world that could be used to save a life, but he'd never use it. Is that even fair?

And then it hit him. There was a way…a crazy, stupid way that he knew he'd get in trouble with the Doctor for doing but it was there. It was his big chance to save Ianto Jones and he wasn't about to pass it up.

A/N: Hope you enjoy chapter one. Been meaning to write this for a while. Please, as usual review. I'll try to bulk post all my stories at the same time ;D

Cheers,
Gabz
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